Top products from r/bluesguitarist
We found 22 product mentions on r/bluesguitarist. We ranked the 29 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar (Guitar Books)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Music Sales America
2. The Electric Blues Box Slide Guitar
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Hinkler Books Pty Ltd
3. TC Helicon VoiceLive Play Vocal Effects Pedal Bundle with 12V 400mA DC Power Supply, Blucoil 2-Pack of 20-FT Balanced XLR Cables, 5-FT Audio Aux Cable, and 5-Pack of Reusable Cable Ties
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
PROVIDES PRO-STUDIO VOCAL EFFECTS - The TC Helicon VoiceLive Play offers over 200 song- and artist-inspired presets that enhances your live vocal performances.HELPS IMPROVE YOUR PITCH ACCURACY - The pedal features HardTune effect, which automatically detects and adjusts the key of your music. It for...
4. B.B. King: Live at Montreux 1993 [Blu-ray]
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
5. Behringer TM300 Ultimate Tube Amp Modeling Instrument Effects Pedal,Teal
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Authentic modeling technology for 3 classic guitar amps, 3 gain modes and 3 mic placements for a total of 27 configurations that let you easily achieve the most sought-after tube amp sounds from clean, crunch to super-fat distortionThis BEHRINGER product has been designed to compete head to head wit...
6. The Definitive Collection
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
LIKE NEW, BOX, DISCS ,BOX + BOOKLET !
8. Ultimate Collection
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
B.B. King- The Ultimate Collection
9. Fender American Series Stratocaster Tremolo Arm Tension Springs
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
This spring helps set your tremolo arm in a fixed position when used with any Fender American series or American Standard series tremoloSimply insert spring into tremolo arm receptacle prior to installing tremolo armPackage includes twelve tension springsUsed in Custom Shop, American Series, America...
14. Music Theory You Can Use: A Guitarist's Handbook
Sentiment score: -2
Number of reviews: 1
15. 8-Bar Blues: Inside the Blues Series
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Inside the Blues seriesIncludes:44 full-band tracksHistory of the 8-bar blues formInstruction on boogie, shuffle, and jazz-blues progressions, including minor keys
16. Heroes of the Blues Boxed Trading Card Set by R. Crumb
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
17. Power Trio Blues Guitar - Updated & Expanded Edition: Blues Guitar Styles from the West Side of Chicago to Texas and Beyond (Inside the Blues Series)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
64 pagesSize: 12" x 9"ISBN: 793545897A CD with the music examples performed by a smokin' power trio is included for play-along instruction and jammingThe music styles of Chicago and Texas bluesmen are presented along with rare photos of them with their favorite axes
18. Art of the Shuffle
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
64 PagesAuthor: Dave RubinSoftcover with CD - TABDimensions 12 x 9
19. Advanced Modern Rock Guitar Improvisation
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
20. Blues Licks You Can Use (Guitar Educational)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Blues Licks You Can Use - Guitar (Book/Online Audio)The purpose of this book is to give aspiring blues guitarists and experienced players alike a large chunk of the vocabulary of the blues - in other words, lots of licksIt contains music and performance notes for 75 hot lead phrases, with accessible...
Bends | Slides | Hammer-On | Pull-Off | Vibrato | Rake | Trill | Arpeggios | Volume/tone Knobs | Sweep Picking | Harmonics | Pinch Harmonics | Legato | Double Stops | Alternate Picking | Palm Mute | Chicken Picking | Tapping | Scratching - > Choose one technique a week. Spend 5 minutes a day playing a backtrack and using this technique 70% of the time. I did this for two weeks with Verbrato and it made a major improvement.
The whole series is awesome.
FUNDAMENTAL LICKS:
edit: Spelling and Added Lick Learning TIP
For a beginner, the best choices are
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Collection-B-B-King/dp/B0007QJ1PM/
It's a recent release, notes are VERY easy to pick out, aren't frustratingly hard, but just challenging enough (especially his vibrato) to keep you coming back
http://www.amazon.com/Born-Under-Sign-Albert-King/dp/B00BCMT4RA/
Everything I said about BB, I can say about Albert. The difference is that he "worries" every note in a way that will teach you how to "feel" a solo.
http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Collection-Howlin-Wolf/dp/B000O5905M
Jimi Hendrix said that Hubert Sumlin was his favourite guitar player. Indeed, I'd say his rhythm guitar playing is unmatched especially in how he works in fills.
These should give you an excellent foundation in blues licks. After that, move on to
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Collection-Freddie-King/dp/B00005B2XZ
http://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Soul-Special-Magic/dp/B004B3PBEC
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Magic-Sam/dp/B000004BIP
When you can play all of that, note for note, you will likely be my favorite guitarist :)
Just ordered a couple of Dave Rubin books: 8-bar Blues and Power Trio Blues Guitar.
I already have two of his books, The Art of the Shuffle and Twelve-Bar Blues, both of which are excellent, so I'm looking forward to getting more. He does a great job of providing interesting historical context and musical samples.
To be honest, I like Mark Levine's Jazz Theory better https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Theory-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/1883217040
But I only ever saw the first edition of the Beato book
This set of cards - Heroes of the Blues by Robert Crumb (Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural etc) is something quirky and cool:
https://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Blues-Boxed-Trading-Crumb/dp/0971008027
The pic of Robert Johnson you see on self posts in this sub is from that set.
Couldn't afford a POD, but I ordered one of these; I hope it works out okay.
all 7 of the modes are based out of the major scale, and the major scale itself is the Ionian mode. The major scale & each mode consist of 7 notes, while the pentatonic (which consists of 5 notes) is the same scale, minus two notes (and these are the 2 notes that give the modes their characteristic flavor).
I think what he is saying is it's good to be able to play the pentatonic shapes fluently, while being able to add in the modal notes when it's appropriate. I was recommended this book by someone on here and it completely changed my understanding of the modes and how to incorporate them into my pentatonic scales. I can't recommend it enough. It's written in a very readable way - not using extremely technical/theoretical stuff while still accomplishing the same thing
Most people doing this are using looper pedals and vocal harmonizers like https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B076JSGJ4Z/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Looper and generates harmonies based on the chords you play.
Sucks that it has come to this but there you are.
Maybe a blu ray with B.B. King: Live at Montreux 1993 [Blu-ray].
Here is a link from amazon :
https://www.amazon.com/B-B-King-Live-Montreux-Blu-ray/dp/B00265SCJI
Here you can see one of the songs from that concert :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1upbgyd9lo
https://www.amazon.com/Fender-American-Stratocaster-Tremolo-Tension/dp/B0002KZIKU
Here it is on Amazon.
B.B. King Blues Session
This book starts at zero and takes you through learning finger style blues:
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Fingerstyle-Blues-Guitar-Books/dp/0825625564
Here is a PDF of that book, but of course without the CD:
http://tommyemmanuel.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/beginning-fingerstyle-blues-guitar.pdf
Edit: In fact, that same site has a whack of PDF books on the topic here:
http://tommyemmanuel.wordpress.com/fingerstyle/
I am really digging https://www.amazon.com/Music-Theory-You-Can-Use/dp/1684016290/ for guitar based theory built from the ground up. All these years I was practicing box shapes but not caring about what I should: where the 1,b3, 4, 5.. etc are within those shapes.
Avoid evil amazon by buying direct https://theoryforguitar.com/